Improvement in broilers



J. T. PAGE.

Broiler.

,No. 329,362. I Patented July 16,1812.

UNITED STAES FFICE- JAMES T. PAGE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO JOSEPH G. SHULTS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROILERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,362, dated July 16,1872.

Specification describing a certain Improvement in Broilers, in vented byJ Arms 1. PAGE, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork.

Nature of the Invention.

The object of my improvement is to adapt a cast or malleable grate touse in a sheet-iron rim or body; and the invention consistsinconstructin g the grate with projecting points which spring into agroove or bead in the rim, whereby the grate may be inserted or removedat pleasure, as hereinafter described.

General Description.

In the drawing, Figure l is a plan of my improved broiler; Fig.2, avertical section; Fig. 3, aview of a modified form of the rim or body.

A represents the rim or body of the broiler, which is made of sheetmetal; and B is the grate, which is made either of common cast ormalleable iron. A groove or bead, a, is rolled horizontally in the rimat any desired height,

being made of suliieient depth to receive the points of the grate, ashereinafter described. The rim may be made of any desired form, but Iprefer that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which is simply flaring, or angular,or slightly concave from top to bottom, the flange b below the grateresting within the boiler hole of the stove so as to discharge thegrease into the fire; but, if desired, it may be made as in Fig. 3, inwhich the upper part is made vertical or straight and the lower partonly flaring. Other forms might be used with the same result, the onlyrequisite being that the bead can be struck and the grate allowed topass into place. The grate may also be of any desired form; but I preferthat shown in the drawing, in which two rings, 0 d, are connected byradial arms f f. Outside the outer ring these arms form projectingpoints f f, which are made pointed or flattened at the extremities torest in the head a. These extremities lie in a circle, so as to producean accurate fit, and this circle is a Heretofore in sheet-iron broilersit has been I customary to use a wire grating, or, if made of cast-iron,the grate has rested loosely upon a seat formed in the rim. I know ofnone in which a cast grate has been made self-fasten ing. Wire will burnout long before the rim is destroyed, and a loose cast grate is veryobjectionable for the reason that it is constantly falling from placeand has to be handled as a separate attachment.

I obviate both these objections, for I secure the advantage of a cast ormalleable grate and also make it'a secure attachment to the broileritself. At the same time it is made removable, at pleasure, for cleaningor otherwise. The efficiency of this is owing to the bead a and theprojecting points f f The latter, by presenting separated and distantbearings, enter the bead readily, even if the latter is' out of round,which could not be so readily done if the contact was continuous all theway around.

Claim.

I claim-- 1. In combination with the groove a the cast or malleablegrate B, when the same is constructed with the spurs or points f f,which strike into the groove at intervals, whereby a better contact issecured, asset forth.

2. The cast grate made up of an interior and exterior rings, with radialarms and projecting points to strike into the groove of the broiler, asherein shown and set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES T. PAGE.

Witnesses:

R. F. Oseoon, ARCHIE BAINE.

